2024–25 Grasshopper Club Zürich season

Grasshopper Club Zürich 2024–25 football season

Grasshopper Club Zürich

2024–25 season

Chairman

Stacy Johns

Manager

Marco Schällibaum

Stadium

Letzigrund,
Zürich, Switzerland

Swiss Super League

TBD

Swiss Cup

TBD

Home colours

Away colours

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All statistics correct as of 31 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Grasshopper Club Zürich season is the club's fourth season back in the Swiss Super League, after winning promotion in 2021 and avoiding relegation by winning last season's relegation play-off. The season will start on 20 July 2024.^[1] Grasshoppers will also participate in the Swiss Cup.

Squad

Players

As of 1 July 2024^[2]

No.	Name	Pos	Date of birth (age)	at GCZ since	Apps	Goals	Former club
Goalkeepers
23	Nicolas Glaus	GK	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22)	06/2023	0	0	Stuttgart II
29	Manuel Kuttin	GK	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 30)	06/2023	3	0	free agent
50	Laurent Seji	GK	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20)	06/2024	0	0	own youth
71	Justin Hammel	GK	(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 23)	06/2022	50	0	Lausanne-Ouchy
Defenders
2	Dirk Abels	RB	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)	07/2023	28	0	Sparta Rotterdam
3	Saulo Decarli	CB	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	06/2024	0	0	Eintracht Braunschweig
4	Kristers Tobers	CB	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 23)	07/2023	32	0	Lechia Gdańsk
5	Joshua Laws	CB	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26)	08/2023	23	0	Wellington Phoenix
12	Maksim Paskotši	CB	(2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21)	09/2023	29	0	Tottenham Hotspur
14	Théo Ndicka	LB	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24)	08/2023	30	1	Oostende
15	Ayumu Seko	CB	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24)	01/2022	86	3	Cerezo Osaka
24	Michael Kempter	LB	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)	06/2023	6	0	St. Gallen
52	Samuel Marques	CB	(2005-02-04) 4 February 2005 (age 19)	04/2024	0	0	own youth
57	Elvir Zukaj	CB	(2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 21)	07/2023	3	0	own youth
73	Florian Hoxha	LB	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23)	07/2021	29	1	own youth
Midfielders
6	Amir Abrashi	CM	(1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34)	06/2021	239	11	Basel
7	Tsiy-William Ndenge	DM	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)	07/2022	62	12	Luzern
8	Giotto Morandi	PM	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)	06/2019	128	19	own youth
11	Pascal Schürpf	AM	(1989-07-15) 15 July 1989 (age 34)	06/2023	29	5	Luzern
28	Simone Stroscio	DM	(2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 20)	10/2021	3	0	own youth
53	Tim Meyer	CM	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 19)	07/2023	21	0	own youth
55	Damian Nigg	RW	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)	07/2023	4	0	own youth
77	Filipe de Carvalho	LW	(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 20)	01/2022	58	4	own youth
Forwards
9	Nikolas Muci	ST	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)	07/2024	0	0	Lugano
17	Renat Dadashov	CF	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25)	07/2022	40	10	Wolverhampton
21	Awer Mabil	LW	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 28)	08/2023	22	4	Cádiz
27	Asumah Abubakar	CF	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)	01/2024	18	2	Luzern
70	Evans Maurin	ST	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 23)	07/2024	0	0	Yverdon-Sport
99	Dorian Babunski	ST	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 27)	08/2023	31	4	Debrecen

Players in italic left the club during the season.

Coaching staff

As of 19 June 2024^[3]

Position	Name	Since
Head coach	Marco Schällibaum	04/2024^[4]
Assistant coach	Giuseppe Morello	06/2024^[5]
Assistant coach	Aurelién Mioch	06/2023
Athletic coach	Jörg Mikoleit	06/2024^[5]
Goalie Coach	Jörg Stiel	06/2021^[6]
Video analyst	Rain Nappir	04/2021

Transfers

In

Permanent signing Loan transfer

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Ref.
12 June 2024	3	DF	Saulo Decarli	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free transfer	^[7]
12 June 2024	50	GK	Laurent Seji	Grasshoppers U21	Professional contract	^[8]
30 June 2024	74	FW	Elmin Rastoder	Vaduz	Loan return
30 June 2024	17	FW	Renat Dadashov	Hatayspor	Loan return	^[9]
30 June 2024	28	MF	Simone Stroscio	Schaffhausen	Loan return
1 July 2024	9	FW	Nikolas Muci	Lugano	Undisclosed fee	^[10]
1 July 2024	70	FW	Evans Maurin	Yverdon-Sport	Undisclosed fee	^[11]

Out

Permanent departure Loan transfer

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	–	FW	Jia Boyan	Nantong Zhiyun	Free transfer
30 June 2024	74	FW	Elmin Rastoder	Thun	Free transfer	^[12]^[5]
30 June 2024	9	FW	Bradley Fink	FC Basel	Loan return	^[5]
30 June 2024	70	MF	Oliver Batista Meier	Dynamo Dresden	Loan return	^[5]
30 June 2024	19	MF	Dijon Kameri	Red Bull Salzburg	Loan return	^[5]
30 June 2024	54	DF	Liam Bollati	Kriens	Loan return	^[5]
30 June 2024	40	MF	Robin Kalem	Hannover 96 II	Contract expiry	^[5]
30 June 2024	90	GK	Steven Deana	Free agent	Contract expiry	^[5]
30 June 2024	22	FW	Francis Momoh	Free agent	Contract expiry	^[5]
30 June 2024	10	MF	Meritan Shabani	Free Agent	Contract expiry	^[9]

Test Matches

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pre-season	29 June 2024	13 July 2023	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Total			2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	000.00

Last updated: 5 July 2024
Source: Testspiele

Pre-season

The preparation plan for the upcoming season was announced on 4 June 2024.^[13] Pre-season preparation begins on 18 June 2024. A training camp will be held in Crans-Montana, Valais, starting on 1 July and will end with a test game against freshly promoted FC Sion on 5 July 2024. FC Schaffhausen will be hosted for a test match on 29 June 2024 before the training camp. Finally, Grasshoppers will also travel to Vorarlberg for a test match against SC Rheindorf Altach on 13 July 2024. On 20 June 2024, an additional test match against Austria Lustenau was announced, to be held on the GC/Campus on 10 July 2024.^[14]

Grasshopper Club Zürich

FC Schaffhausen

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29) Pre-season	Grasshopper Club Zürich	1–1	FC Schaffhausen	Niederhasli, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamberi 50'	Report	11' De Donno	Stadium: GC/Campus

FC Sion

Grasshopper Club Zürich

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05) Pre-season	FC Sion	4–0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Port-Valais, Switzerland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif du Bout du lac

Grasshopper Club Zürich

Austria Lustenau

10 July 2024 (2024-07-10) Pre-season	Grasshopper Club Zürich	v	Austria Lustenau	Niederhasli, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: GC/Campus

SC Rheindorf Altach

Grasshopper Club Zürich

13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) Pre-season	SC Rheindorf Altach	v	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Altach, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: CASHPOINT Arena

References

^ "Die SFL gibt den Datenplan für die Saison 2024/25 bekannt" (in German). Swiss Football League. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ "Kader" [Squad]. gcz.ch (in German). Grasshopper Fussball AG. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ Zürich, Grasshopper Club. "Squad – Grasshopper Club Zürich". www.gcz.ch. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Marco Schällibaum appointed new Head Coach at GC Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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^ ^a ^b "First Sessions in Crans-Montana". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "GC Zurich signs current U21 national striker Nikolas Muci". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Evans Maurin moves to GC Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Update Kaderplanung: Vier Spieler neu beim FC Thun" (in Swiss High German). FC Thun. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Pre-season plan 2024/25". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Additional test match against Austria Lustenau". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.